Game controller board holder

• US 5,209,478 A
• Filed: 01/13/1992
• Issued: 05/11/1993
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ronald E. Simpson
• Original Assignee: Ronald E. Simpson
• Inventors: Simpson, Ronald E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown, Theatrice
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chiu, Raleigh W.
• Application Number:
  US07/819,833
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 273/148 B, 248/346, 248/316.7, 248/146, 248/176, 211/13
• US Class Current: 273/148.00B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/98 Accessories, i.e. detachable arrangements optional for the use of the video game device, e.g. grip supports of game controllers

Abstract

A game controller board holder for holding a game controller board of the type having a housing and a cord extending from the housing is disclosed herein. The holder includes a platform for supporting the game controller board placed on the platform. The platform has a first surface for engaging the game controller board housing, and retainers releasably secure the housing to the platform.

Claims

1. A game controller board holder for a game controller board having a housing and a cord extending from the housing, the holder comprising:

a generally planar platform for supporting the game controller board housing placed on the platform, the platform having first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the platform, the first surface adapted to engage the game controller board housing;

means for releasably securing the housing to the platform;

means for holding the cord generally adjacent the platform, said cord holding means comprising a column extending from the platform, the column depending from an interior region of the second surface and being generally perpendicular to the second surface and adapted to receive and hold coils of the cord wrapped therearound;

said means for releasably securing the board to the platform comprising two spaced apart resilient walls extending from the platform, the walls are adapted to engage and hold the controller board housing and extend generally along longitudinal edges of the platform and project upwardly from the platform, each wall having extending from the top end therefrom a generally inwardly projecting detent, each detent being adapted to retain the controller board housing on the platform, the detents each include a ramped surface sloping downwardly generally in planes intersecting the planes of the corresponding walls at an acute angle, the detents being spaced apart a lesser distance than the width of the game controller board housing, such that as the housing is moved generally downwardly toward the first surface of the platform, lower portions of the housing engage the ramped surfaces of the detents pushing the detents and resilient walls apart to a flexed position, thereafter the housing clearing the detents and the walls snapping back substantially to their relaxed position with the detents disposed over an upper surface of the housing for retaining the housing on the platform.

2. A game controller board holder for a game controller board having a housing and a cord extending from the housing, the holder comprising a generally planar platform for supporting the game controller board housing placed on the platform, the platform having first and second surfaces on opposite sides of the platform, the first surface adapted to engage the game controller board housing, means for releasably securing the housing to the platform, means for holding the cord generally adjacent the platform, said cord holding means comprises a column extending from the platform, the column depends from an interior region of the second surface and is generally perpendicular to the second surface and is adapted to receive and hold coils of the cord wrapped therearound, and means for releasably fastening a portion of the cord.

3. A holder as set forth in claim 2 wherein said means for releasably fastening a portion of the cord comprises a clip adapted to hold a portion of the cord.

4. A holder as set forth in claim 3 wherein the clip comprises two generally opposed resilient receiving members adapted to receive and hold a portion of the cord therebetween.

5. A game controller board holder for a game controller board having a housing and a cord extending from the housing, the holder comprising a platform having first and second opposing surfaces, the platform being adapted to support the game controller board housing, means for releasably securing the housing to the platform comprising two generally opposing resilient snap-acting walls extending along opposite edges of the platform and projecting upwardly from the platform, and a detent projecting generally inwardly from an upper portion of each wall, whereby to install the housing on the platform, the housing is moved toward the first surface of the platform and lower portions of the housing engage the detents such that the opposing detents and walls are pushed apart to a flexed position and the housing is received between the walls, thereafter the housing clearing the detents and the walls snapping back substantially to their relaxed position with the detents disposed over an upper surface of the housing for retaining the housing on the platform.

6. A holder as set forth in claim 5 wherein the detents each include a ramped surface sloping downwardly generally in planes intersecting the planes of the corresponding walls at an acute angle.

7. A holder as set forth in claim 5 further comprising means for holding the cord generally adjacent the platform.

8. A holder as set forth in claim 7 wherein said cord holding means comprises a column extending from the platform, the column being adapted to receive and hold coils of the cord wrapped therearound.

9. A holder as set forth in claim 8 wherein the column depends from the second surface of the platform.

10. A holder as set forth in claim 9 wherein the platform is generally planar, the first and second surfaces being on opposite sides of the platform, the column depending from an interior region of the second surface and being generally perpendicular to the second surface.

11. A holder as set forth in claim 10 further comprising a generally planar base member located at the end of the column opposite the platform, the base member being adapted to rest on a generally horizontal surface.

12. A holder as set forth in claim 5 further comprising means for releasably fastening a portion of the cord to the holder, said fastening means comprising a clip including two generally opposed resilient receiving members adapted to receive and hold a portion of the cord therebetween.

13. A holder as set forth in claim 5 wherein the detents are spaced apart a lesser distance than the width of the game controller board housing, such that as the housing is moved generally downwardly toward the first surface of the platform, lower portions of the housing engage the ramped surfaces of the detents pushing the detents and resilient walls apart to the flexed position, thereafter the housing clearing the detents and the walls snapping back substantially to their relaxed position with the detents disposed over an upper surface of the housing for retaining the housing on the platform.